Welcome to
Gypsy Fusion
and
Thunder Shimmy
Watertown, South Dakota, USA
This
domain, gypsyfusion.com is for sale
GoDaddy says it is worth $1650.
I am prepared to let it go for much less.
Contact me and make an offer:
me@davelevasseur.com
www.DaveLeVasseur.com
Gypsy Fusion Artistry |
Thunder Shimmy |
Gypsy Fusion Artistry consists of two performers melding their skill sets to provide audiences with a unique experience. Our performances feature Flamenco and Egyptian-style belly dance accompanied by instrumental and pre-recorded music. See the contact information below for bookings. |
Join me Julia, creator of Thunder
Shimmy in one of my many ongoing workshops being held at the Watertown
Community Rec Center. Belly Dance is a representation of child birth,
feminine expression and empowerment made by women, for women. These low
impact fitness based classes focus on the fundamentals of rhythm, muscle
control, and fluidity in the body. Reap all the benefits of a good
cardio workout, while expanding the mind by educating yourself in a new
art and culture. Suitable for all ages, no dance experience necessary.
Come see what woman around the world havnt been able to get enough of
for thousands of years! |
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Radio Interview on KXLG,
August 26, 2010
Prior to "Thursday Night Live"
Performing at:
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PLAYLIST OF
YouTube Videos Featuring Julia
"Arabian Nights"Wine Tasting at Past Times |
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Julia was born
and raised in the beautiful mountain valley of Taos New Mexico. Known
for its large artist population, rich culture and vast high desert
views, Taos was the perfect place to taste many different flavors of the
arts. Obsessed with dance since childhood her dreams were further
realized at age seventeen when she met Flamenco great Catalina Rio
Fernandez. Traveling 300 miles round trip from Taos to Santa Fe several
times a week for practice she soon began performing with Catalina’s
troupe Flamenco Nuevo Mexico with whom she would dance for the next four
years. During that time she also met International Egyptian dancer
Sakti Rinek, Julia had an
immediate liking to Belly Dance and would train with Sakti when she
wasn’t dancing with Catalina. In 2006 Julia relocated to South Dakota
where she married and began studying Middle Eastern Dance full time. She
furthered her studies with Cassandra Shore of the
Jawaahir School of Belly Dance in
Minneapolis, MN. Julia continues to perform as a solo artist in South
Dakota, Minnesota, New Mexico and Iowa. She is driven by passion, fire,
and a will made to dance. In 2010 she created Thunder Shimmy where she
shares and teaches the many flavors of Belly Dance, hosts student
participant performances, and shares the meaning and history of the
dance with the community. She also is part of Gypsy Fusion Artistry with
longtime musical partner Dave
LeVasseur together they perform Spanish Flamenco and continue their
studies at the Zorongo Flamenco
Theater in Minneapolis. Julia is currently assisting in wring her
own drum music with Tabla drummer Dallas Meseberg and launching off all
new classes for her latest project La Luna Flamenco where alas she
brings her first love to the Midwest with the fire of Spain and spice of
New Mexico. She plans to continue her studies with the masters of Belly
Dance and Flamenco as her heart is set on dancing both as a student,
performer and teacher internationally. “Dancing is a journey, the bridge that connects your mind and body, its what makes the world smile” -Julia |
Dave has been playing guitar since around the age of eight. Around age 12 his sister tired of not being able to play her own guitar and bought him his own. He still owns it. Dave played in various high school bands in the 70s but put ‘the music thing’ on hold for almost 20 years. Then the bug bit again and he started playing more publicly in the late 90s. In 2009 while playing at a Watertown, SD outdoor art festival, he met Julia, who was performing a flamenco dance. Just as she finished he asked if she could dance to “Malaguena”, one of his mom’s favorites. Although tired, Julia acquiesced and thus Gypsy Fusion Artistry was born. | |||
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